Oscar Amaya

is exposes another of…. We’re designing recipes. If you haven’t figured it out, that’s discovery work, not just delivery. A neglect of discovery generates massive waste: Unused features and other work that doesn’t achieve outcomes. This exposes another of Agile’s deep flaws. It assumes users will be OK with being treated like guin…

Agile actually tends to mask the core problem, which is a systemic, bidirectional lack of vertical trust. The Agile trainers leave, having made things worse, with the managers speaking Pig Latin and the de…

nd say, “But but but, inspect and adapt!” Sure. Theory vs. practice, remember? I don’t see Agile teams inspecting and adapting. I see Agile teams adding increments from backlogs, futzing about with Jira and Rally and acting like they’re building brick walls wherever they’re t…. Some might object and say, “But but but, inspect and adapt!” Sure. Theory vs. practice, remember? I don’t see Agile teams inspecting and adapting. I see Agile teams adding increments from backlogs, futzing about with Jira and Rally and acting like they’re building brick walls wherever they’re told to.